BMW was fastest in FP2 at Bahrain after Peugeot topped the inaugural session
BMW topped the times in second free practice for this weekend’s World Endurance Championship curtain-closer in Bahrain. Dries Vanthoor posted the fastest time in Free Practice 2 at the wheel of the #15 BMW M Hybrid V8 LMDh run by the WRT squad. He set his session best of 1m48.257s early on in the 90-minute Thursday evening session, like all the leading runners, to end just five hundredths clear of second-placed Matt Campbell in the best of the factory Porsche 963 LMDhs.
Daniil Kvyat took 16th in the Iron Lynx Lamborghini SC63 LMDh, and the two Peugeot 9X8 2024 LMHs brought up the rear of the Hypercar class order after the French manufacturer had taken FP1 honours. #93 Peugeot Totalenergies Peugeot 9X8: Mikkel Jensen, Nico Muller, Jean-Eric Vergne Photo by: Shameem Fahath The LMGT3 class was headed by the #87 Lexus RC F GT3 run by the Auto Sport Promotion team, Esteban Masson leading the way by six tenths on 2m02.246s.
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